Genealogy Sevinga » Trintje Johannes "Tracy" TEUNE (1904-)

Birthday April 26, 1904

• The temperature on April 26, 1904 was between -0.5 °C and 10.8 °C and averaged 5.7 °C. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
• In the year 1904: Source: Wikipedia
  • The Netherlands had about 5.4 million citizens.
  • February 8 » Aceh War: Dutch Colonial Army's Marechaussee regiment led by General G.C.E. van Daalen launch military campaign to capture Gayo Highland, Alas Highland, and Batak Highland in Dutch East Indies' Northern Sumatra region, which ends with genocide to Acehnese and Bataks people.
  • February 8 » Battle of Port Arthur: A surprise torpedo attack by the Japanese at Port Arthur, China starts the Russo-Japanese War.
  • February 28 » S.L. Benfica is founded in Portugal.
  • April 5 » The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team (Welsh and Scottish players) in Central Park, Wigan, England.
  • April 30 » The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
  • May 21 » The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) is founded in Paris.

Source: Wikipedia

• 1900 » Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist († 1985)
• 1900 » Eva Aschoff, German bookbinder and calligrapher († 1969)
• 1904 » Paul-Émile Léger, Canadian cardinal († 1991)
• 1904 » Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece († 2004)
• 1905 » Jean Vigo, French director and screenwriter († 1934)
• 1907 » Ilias Tsirimokos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece († 1968)